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Philippe Amiel

Philippe Amiel (born in1956) is a French sociologist and jurist specialized in public health and in health law.

Master in Ethnomethodology and PhD in Law, he has led the Research Unit in the Social and Human Sciences (2005-2015) of the Institut Gustave-Roussy in Villejuif (France)—a leading cancer care center in Europe—whithin which he produced numerous works on cancer survivorhip.

Professor at University of Paris 8 (2003 à 2009) where he created a master diploma in Hospital Law, he currently teaches at University of Montpellier and at Paris Diderot University where he is co-director of a postoctoral diploma in Medico-legal expertise law (http://diudem.fr)